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        <p>Mike Hailwoodä, who had grown up with the Ducati single cylinders, got back on the bike for the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy, astonishing the public and fans with his win at the Formula 1 TT on the mythic mountain. The bike was a Supersport elevated to 900 cc. In recognition of his exceptional effort, Ducati created the splendid limited edition 900 SS Mike Hailwoodä Replica.</p>
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        <p>Ducati was purchased by Claudio and Gianfranco Castiglioni and became part of the Cagiva Group. With this change of management the group was in the hands of two great bike and racing fans, who together brought Ducati to the triumphs of the Superbike era.</p>
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        <p>The adventure began in 1988 with Marco Lucchinelli on his superb 851, constructed by engineer Massimo Bordi. Under the management of the Castiglioni brothers, Ducati expanded its share of the motorcycle market, introducing new models, increasing the supply of large displacement motorcycles, and intensifying the company’s commitment to racing</p>
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          The Argentine Miguel Galluzzi conceived the idea of the Monster. Before the eyes of enthusiasts appeared a truly singular Ducati. The bike was stripped of all inessentials. It represented a unique interpretation of the fun bike category, and it rapidly became a legend.<br> 
          The great Ducati sports tradition continued with the birth of the 916 in 1994. It was another Ducati- inspired revolution, this time in the high-performance sports motorcycle category. With the 916, technology and style, performance and symmetry reached maximum levels. Ducati once again managed to create a perfect harmony of form and function, logic and emotion. From the world’s most prestigious bike magazines, the 916 received the title “Motorcycle of the Year”. The Supermono, one of the most eminent examples of motorcycle design in motorbike history, was also realized at this time.<br><br>
          The online sale of the MH900e, designed by Pierre Terblanche, is an international success.
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        <p>2000 was the year that the MH900e became the first motorcycle to be sold exclusively on the Internet; its success led Ducati to establish itself as a major player on the Web by creating the Ducati.com website. The racing season closed with the ninth Superbike Manufacturers’ Title, despite the forced retirement of Carl “King“ Fogarty after a bad fall at the end of March. This was also the year that Ducati organised the first rider’s school for women and brought the Motogiro d’Italia back after many years; in mid-July, the company also celebrated the production of 100,000 Monsters since 1993.</p>
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        <p>Troy Bayliss won the World Superbike Championship on the 75th anniversary of the company’s founding. Ducati Corse announced its intention to take part in the GP World Championships from 2003 onwards with their new Desmosedici engine. 2001 will also be remembered for the deaths of Bruno Cavalieri Ducati, the last of the three brothers who founded the company, and of Fabio “Dr. T” Taglioni, father of the 90° twin-cylinder engine, still the hallmark engine of Ducati motorcycles.</p>
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          2002’s main event was the third WDW, the Ducati gathering which lasted for one week, but the year will also go down in history for the launch of the 999, “Bike of the Year” according to the British MotorCycle News magazine. On the racing front, the development of the Desmosedici engine forged ahead. In the World Superbike Championship, Ducati won its eleventh Manufacturers’ Title.<br>
          Finally, after three years of intense development efforts, in 2003 the Multistrada was on the road.  This was also a special year for Ducati Corse with the return to the Grand Prix with riders Troy Bayliss and Loris Capirossi, along with the Desmosedici V4 engine. The results in this debut year exceeded all expectations with a second place overall in the Manufacturers’ classification. In the World SBK Championship, Ducati won the Riders’ Title again with Neil Hodgson, along with the Manufacturers’ Title.<br><br>
          The new SportClassic family was yet another Ducati dream that became a reality.  This year’s World Ducati Week, the fourth edition, exceeded the success of the previous years and on the Misano Adriatico stage, Federico Minoli, then president and CEO, announced the company’s next dream project: the Desmosedici RR, a limited-edition road replica of the amazing MotoGP motorcycle.
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        <p>November 2005 saw the announcement of the the Hypermotard, set to begin production in 2007.  In December, the controlling share holders of Ducati changed from TPG to the Italian company Investindustrial.</p>
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